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The Makers of iPhones and Laptops Are Prepping for a Trade War
From iPhones to computers, the manufacturing powerhouses behind much of the world’s electronics are preparing to move chunks of production away from China and toward such locales as Eastern Europe, Mexico and Southeast Asia.
China expels German student who researched rights lawyers
BEIJING (AP) — A German man has learned the hard way that practicing journalism in China, even for a class project, could lead to serious trouble. David Missal, 24, was pursuing a master's degree in journalism and communication at prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. He landed in Duesseldorf on Sunday after Chinese immigration authorities told him his student visa was canceled and he had a week to leave China. Missal said he thinks that's because he reported on the plight of jailed human rights lawyers in a journalism class. Missal said a Tsinghua representative this year warned him twice against pursuing the politically sensitive subject, but he went ahead anyway because he wanted to "get to learn Chinese society and politics."
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
(This version of Aug. 10 story corrects name of expert in paragraph 12, fixes typographical error in paragraph 3)
Huawei in British spotlight over use of U.S. firm's software
Huawei Technologies is facing increased scrutiny in Britain because it is using an aging software component sold by a firm based in the United States, one of the countries where lawmakers allege its equipment could facilitate Chinese spying, sources told Reuters.
Iran's foreign minister says China 'pivotal' to salvaging its nuclear deal
Iran's foreign minister said on Friday China was "pivotal" to salvaging a multilateral nuclear agreement for the Middle Eastern country after the United States pulled out of the pact earlier this year.
China’s Empire of Money Is Reshaping Lives Across New Silk Road
Xi Jinping’s new “Belt and Road” initiative was designed to promote economic development and extend China’s influence
China says it is still open to talks on scrapped Qualcomm-NXP takeover
China's market regulator said it still hoped to find a solution to antitrust concerns that doomed Qualcomm Inc's $44 billion takeover of NXP Semiconductors, after finding that proposals to address the issue had fallen short.
What Does the Apparent Trump-EU Trade Truce Mean for China?
Donald Trump’s surprise trade truce with the European Union has analysts asking, “What does this mean for the trade war with China?”
German Spy Chief Says China’s Tech Takeovers Are a Security Risk
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top counterintelligence official said Chinese acquisitions of high-tech companies in Germany represent a potential national-security threat.
China's JD.com plans move into Europe: CEO tells German newspaper
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com plans to expand in Europe and aims to have finalised its strategy for entering the market by the end of the year, its chief executive told a German newspaper.
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin watching Chinese yuan weakness for manipulation
The United States is monitoring the recent weakness in China's yuan currency and will review whether the currency has been manipulated, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Reuters on Friday.
Trump's tariffs threaten global prosperity, warns Angela Merkel
US levies on European and Chinese goods may also break WTO rules, says German leader
China Hears Rumbles of Company Discontent in Rare Open Session
The ink had barely dried on the first joint statement between China and the European Union in three years before the complaints began.
EU pushes China on trade, saying it could open up if it wanted
China could open its economy if it wished, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday, with the European Union calling on countries to avoid a trade war even as pressure mounts on Beijing over its industrial policies.
Survival of the finest: miners reboot as smog-hit China seeks high grade ore
For miners seeking to cater to the changing appetite of China, the world's biggest iron ore importer, all eyes are on Tangshan, the country's biggest steel-making city and the drastic measures it's taking to rein in pollution.
China's CATL to build its first European EV battery factory in Germany
Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) will build its first production site in Europe in Germany, agreeing a major contract with BMW to supply lithium-ion batteries.
China’s Xiaomi makes underwhelming public debut in Hong Kong IPO – TechCrunch
China’s Xiaomi, the world’s fifth biggest seller of smartphones, made an underwhelming public debut after it hit the Hong Kong Stock Exchange amid concerns around an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China. Media reports in the lead up to today’s bell ringing suggested that eight-year-old Xiaomi was shooting for a valuation of as […]
China's chickens need to lay a billion eggs a day. Here's how they're going to do it
Behind a row of sealed red incubator doors in a new facility in northern China, about 400,000 chicks are hatched every day, part of the rapidly modernizing supply chain in China's $37 billion egg industry, the world's biggest.
UK private equity firm ends Chinese aerospace sale after regulator probe
UK private equity firm Better Capital PCC Ltd's sale of airplane parts firm Northern Aerospace Ltd to a Chinese buyer has fallen through after regulators did not issue approval by Monday following a probe into national security concerns.
Tariffs on U.S.-made models will mean pricier BMWs in China
German luxury automaker BMW said on Friday that it will be unable to "completely absorb" a new Chinese 25 percent tariff on imported U.S.-made models and will have to raise prices on the vehicles it makes in Spartanburg, South Carolina.